Asianic Elements in Greek Civilization

by: W. M. Ramsay

Topics: History, Historical, Geography, Asia Minor, Antiquity, Ancient, Greek, Greece, Roman, Republic, Empire, Church, Christianity, Religion, Art Folklore, Mythology, Trade, Deities, Phrygia, Anatolia

Collection: opensource

Language: English

Asianic Elements in Greek Civilization, by William M. Ramsay (London, 1927), in 311 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. These are reworked versions of the Gifford Lectures delivered in 1915-1916 at the University of Edinburgh. Internet Archive has other works by Ramsay, an important scholar of ancient Asia Minor. Compiled by Robert Bedrosian.

Contents:

1. The Old-Ionians
2. The Mount of God
3. Epimenides
4. The Law of Land-ownership in Western Asia
5. Nemesis and Justice

6. The Two Vultures of the Gate of Troy
7. Wolf-priests, Goat-priests, Ox-priests, Bee-priests
8. The Village Right
9. The Phrygian Dirge
10. The Iliad and the War of Troy

11. The Varying Movement of Ancient Trade in Wheat
12. Hipponax on Lydian Scenes and Society
13. The Wagon (Benna)
14. Brotherhoods and Phratrai
15. Heaven and Earth

16. Betrothal and Marriage
17. The Four Ionian Tribes
18. Anatolian Women
19. The Kabeiroi
20. The Moon-Goddess in Anatolia
21. General Principles and Addenda